GCC countries. It also commended efforts in the GCC sports field, as well as sports and youth activities. On military cooperation, the Council approved the decisions of the meeting of defense ministers, and reviewed the letter of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on developing desert shield forces, and referred proposals in this issue to the next summit. --More 2018 Local Time 1718 GMT